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Li Chen, former Microsoft strategic partnership head for Greater China, Asean, Japan and South Korea, joins RedotPay as general counsel

Yang Jingjing, SSE-listed Tianyu Bio Technology¡¯s former vice president, joins Hui Ye as counsel in Shanghai

The Han Kun Hangzhou office held its opening ceremony on 10 August and is formally based at the International Financial Center

China¡¯s first revision since 2012 of insider trading rules that took effect on 27 July 2026 signal continued tightening of regulatory enforcement, say lawyers

General counsel and lawyers navigate phased-in ESG reporting

Electronic industry services provider JLC Technology lists on the SZSE main board on 4 August, raising around RMB4.69 billion (USD 695 million)

How can companies identify the right lawyer? A China Business Law Journal survey reveals what factors are truly driving the choices of general counsel

Grandall Law Firm recruits Xie Zhensheng and Cui Bo as equity partners at its Guangzhou and Xi¡¯an offices, respectively

Veteran counsel, tech CEO unpack ¡®AI-native¡¯ legal adoption

Indonesia issues its first sovereign panda bonds in China, raising RMB7 billion (USD1.04 billion) in the largest single such issuance to date

Zhongji Innolight¡¯s HKD53.41 billion HKEX debut makes it the largest Hong Kong IPO since 2019

This column has previously discussed China¡¯s state-owned enterprises (SOEs), see China Business Law Journal, volume 8, issue 4: SOEs

Joint Win Partners¡¯ new office in Kunming, Yunnan province, marks its 15th domestic branch

With the regulatory shift from form to substance, some of the old ways of allocating liability may soon be gone

The recent overhaul of the capital subscription regime has brought new complexities

Chinese beauty giant Proya¡¯s latest RMB351 million investment to acquire 12.55% in Flower Knows secures 51% controlling stake in cosmetics brand

Shihui Partners recruits Shirley Zhao as a partner based in Shenzhen to better serve AI technology companies

China¡¯s new drug trial data protection rules are considered a boost for development, but some lawyers warn disputes may arise

Han Kun welcomes the return of Li Laixiang in Shenzhen, strengthening its commercial transaction capabilities in technology

Out-of-court debt restructuring centers are growing in China, linking workouts with pre-reorganisation for lenders and distressed investors.

DHH Law Firm opens in Mexico, expanding its cross-border legal services network across North and Latin America

CXMT debuts on the SSE Star Market on 27 July, the largest A-share IPO of 2026, raising RMB57.92 billion (USD8.6 billion)

Fast growing tech innovators typically navigate complex funding deals, equity incentives and collaboration agreements

Chinese mainland property developer Golden Wheel Tiandi completes a USD507 million offshore debt restructuring

Circular transactions with documents and bills but no actual goods can turn civil disputes into criminal cases

Commerce & Finance Law Offices opens its Guangzhou office on 22 July, strengthening services across the Greater Bay Area

As traditional opera gains wider audiences, questions arise over where to draw the line between shared heritage and protectable creation. Lawyers weigh in on the boundary

AI-faked user reviews risk contextualised inducement-based unfair competition

Lengthy litigation and enforcement hurdles? ADR offers flexible, efficient remedies for financial conflicts

Non-compete agreements serve as a key legal tool for employers to protect trade secrets

Davis Polk and Commerce & Finance advise on MiniMax¡¯s share placement and convertible bond issuance

Han Kun appoints former AstraZeneca associate legal director Wang Rongxia as patent counsel in its Beijing office

China¡¯s Ecological Environment Code unifies pollution, ecology, decarbonisation and liability, raising corporate compliance standards

As dual-carbon objectives are escalated to statutory obligations, renewables companies face a major compliance test across pollution control, ecological protection and low-carbon development

Jingtian & Gongcheng hires four partners ¡ª Che Li, Duan Wei, Pang Jianli and Tang Hua ¡ª across its Ningbo, Chongqing and Chengdu offices

Sidley Austin advises Sino Biopharmaceutical on an exclusive licence agreement between its subsidiary and AstraZeneca

Han Kun Law Offices recruits Cherry Jin as a partner at its Shanghai office, strengthening its cross-border asset finance and shipping practice

Leading wafer foundry Nexchip Semiconductor lists on the HKEX main board on 10 July, raising around HKD6.98 billion (USD890 million)

Three-Circle Group debuts on the HKEX on 9 July, raising around HKD7.16 billion (USD913 million)

Printed-circuit board drill-bit manufacturer Dtech Technology raises HKD4.8 billion (USD612 million) in its HKEX debut on 9 July, three years after its SZSE listing

Chinese leading manufacturing company Luxshare Precision raises about HKD24.27 billion (USD3.09 billion) in Hong Kong¡¯s largest IPO to date this year

Chinese graphics processing unit developer Biren Technology raises around HKD7.1 billion after an H-share placement on the HKEX on 8 July

Chinese autonomous driving company Momenta debuts on the HKEX on 8 July, raising HKD5.89 billion (USD751 million)

China¡¯s EACON Group becomes the world¡¯s first listed autonomous mining vehicle company after its HKEX debut on 8 July, raising HKD3 billion

Merits & Tree Law Offices appoints Roy Rong, Susan Li, Carys Li and Hu Tianxiong as equity partners at its Beijing and Qingdao offices

Global Law Office recruits four partners and their teams to strengthen its capabilities in dispute resolution and investment

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Cooley and Dua Associates have guided Apple supplier Lingyi iTech on its HKD8.26 billion (USD1.06 billion) initial public offering in Hong Kong

King & Wood, Haiwen & Partners and Clifford Chance act on China Resources New Energy¡¯s record breaking RMB21.3 billion IPO on the SZSE

Chen Chen, former senior partner at Yingke¡¯s Shanghai office, joins Riying at its Shanghai headquarters along with his team

China Minmetals Corporation¡¯s subsidiary MMG raises USD1.6 billion from a share placement and bond issuance

The column discusses the position in common law jurisdictions, including Australia and the UK, and then provides a brief outline of the legal position in the Chinese mainland

Ecological and Environmental Code reshapes corporate lifecycle compliance

Han Kun Law Offices hires Chen Wenhao as a partner at its Shanghai office, bolstering its data compliance and AI capabilities

When a company hoards profits, minority shareholders can seek compulsory distribution or force a share buyout

A financial loan agreement is the core legal instrument governing lending between banks, licensed financial institutions and market participants

China Commercial Law Firm has received approval to establish a Singapore office as its 20th overseas branch, further expanding its global legal services network

This practical guide covers tax exposure, distinct exit paths for VIE and direct equity structures, and five regulatory red flags that determine IPO success.

Capital markets lower entry threshold but ramp up accountability

Firms assists on US-South Korea AI driven drug discovery collaboration between Insilico Medicine and SK Biopharmaceuticals

China¡¯s issues new guiding opinions to tighten regulatory oversight on the private equity industry and companies face ¡°growing pains¡±

Dentons HPRP, the global law firm¡¯s Indonesian arm, establishes a China desk to support business opportunities

Paul Chow shares his views on shaping HKEX legal strategy, sustainability leadership and responsible AI use in markets

China Commercial Law Firm recruits Luo Shazhou and Ji Zhe as partners at its Shanghai office, bolstering the capital markets practice

Han Kun Law Offices, King & Wood, Haiwen & Partners and Jingtian & Gongcheng advise on the debut of China¡¯s commercial REITs

Yum! Brands sells Pizza Hut business to Yum China and LongRange Capital, within and outside the Chinese mainland, respectively

JunHe hires Cui Duan as a partner at its Beijing headquarters to strengthen the firm¡¯s capabilities in complex financing transactions

AI enthusiasm fuels a surge of startups, yet regulatory and criminal risks are climbing in tandem

Freshfields assists Blackstone on the sale of Singapore-headquartered Interplex Datacom to Taiwan-based BizLink Holding for USD850 million

Anli Partners secures Law Society of Hong Kong approval as a registered foreign law firm and opens associate office with local peer CFN Lawyers

Shanghai¡¯s first AI prompt copyright lawsuit concludes that prompts are not works. Human-machine interactive commands are not copyrightable

Under different buyback structures, enforceability, allocation of liability and guarantee performance often shape the course of the buyback and VAM disputes

Tiantai Law Firm launches in Jakarta, which is another significant step on its Southeast Asian expansion following the establishment of the Kuala Lumpur office

Firms advise on China finance ministry¡¯s first issuance of RMB6 billion RMB-denominated sovereign green bonds in Hong Kong

Indonesia¡¯s RBP Asia counsels the Export-Import Bank of China on an agreement to finance an aluminium smelter development project in Kalimantan

Tahota Law Firm receives approval to establish a Hefei office, which is expected to open this October

For Marco Chung, group head of legal at CITIC Securities International, the choice for arbitration seat in China-related disputes is clear

China¡¯s new Company Law sharpens risks around veil piercing, related-party exposure and debt evasion, reshaping compliance and recovery strategy

This column discusses another famous Chinese legend and its implications for social justice and the law

Dajin Heavy Industry, a leading offshore wind energy equipment manufacturer, lists on the HKEX, raising HKD6.64 billion

Boutique intellectual property firm Chang Tsi & Partners appoints Li Bo as a partner to strengthen its overseas IP service capabilities

AI global expansion confronts regulatory and geopolitical hurdles

Shanghai-headquartered Dehehantong Law Offices opens a Hangzhou branch, expanding its presence in the Yangtze River Delta

The Singapore International Arbitration Centre officially launches Beijing representative office, which comes more than a decade after the Shanghai branch in 2016

An unprecedented transfer of private wealth is colliding with tighter regulation and rising complexity

The Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC) grows presence in China with the opening of a representative office in Beijing

The hours are brutal and the stakes are high. So what keeps elite lawyers balanced and able to carry on?

China¡¯s revised Maritime Code recalibrates warranty breach rules, reshaping denial boundaries, risk allocation and standard terms in marine cover

Gao Huandong, former vice president and general counsel for China at Lenovo Group, joins Media Group as general counsel

Han Kun appoints Huang Peng, former managing partner of East & Concord¡¯s Hangzhou office, to join the firm in the same city

SMIC¡¯s planned RMB40.6 billion acquisition of subsidiary SMIC Northern is the largest restructuring on the Star Market to date

China¡¯s new Maritime Code delivers five breakthroughs to build a modern legal foundation for the countries shipping industry

Well-executed compliance programmes are increasingly recognised by Chinese courts as evidence that individual wrongdoing does not reflect corporate intent

Pharmaceutical R&D company WuXi AppTec issues RMB6.78 billion (USD996.6 million) in USD-settled zero-coupon convertible bonds due in 2027

HSF, Kewei and Goodwin advise Fosun Pharma on USD240 million AriBio Alzheimer¡¯s drug agreement

Macau law firm Lupi & Associates has recently formed a strategic partnership with Portuguese firm Morais Leit?o

Allen & Gledhill appoints Wang Xin partner to lead China practice in Shanghai, strengthening M&A

When a nominee shareholding agreement is void, how do courts decide ownership, divide gains, and allocate losses?

From listed entities to the three strategic shifts in EU sanctions, here is how to identify compliance minefields and build effective firewalls

Pakistan issues South Asia¡¯s first sovereign panda bond, raising RMB1.75 billion and funding green infrastructure

Midea issues HKD17.25 billion in offshore zero-coupon convertible bonds in largest such offering to date in the Greater China region

Duane Morris and its Singapore joint venture, Duane Morris & Selvam, help exonerate Kangxi Communication in US investigation

The appeal of panda bonds surges in 2026, with issuance volume reaching RMB88.24 billion (USD13 billion) in a record high for a single quarter

Leading maritime lawyers and in-house counsel share insights on what it means for carriers, cargo owners and insurers

AnJie Broad Law Firm hires Jessica Jiang as a partner at its Shanghai office

Last November,?this columnist visited Singapore to deliver some training for the Singapore Academy of Law and revisited one of many museums in the city-state, the Asian Civilisations Museum

Llinks Law Offices hires Chen Yongxing and Chen Gong as partners at its Shanghai office

Cofoe Medical Technology lists on the HKEX main board becoming the first home medical equipment maker to achieve a dual listing

Grandall Law Firm has opened new offices in Milan and Budapest, marking its fourth and fifth branches in Europe after offices in Paris, Madrid and Stockholm

New rules on the ethics and application of artificial intelligence technology has significantly raised the level and rigour of review

When listed companies become involved in serious misconduct like tax evasion or bribery, the actual controller is often the first to be held accountable

A roundup of noteworthy legal developments in the region

In the era of sensory marketing, novel forms of trademarks such as three-dimensional shapes or sound cues prove increasingly relevant

Hogan Lovells welcomes back Tao Xin as a partner in Washington, boosting its global pharmaceuticals and biotechnology practice